Commercial cleaning service needs your input?

[lagreen77]

Hello, everybody I just started my own Commercial Cleaning Service business. I need idea's on how i should go about asking for business. I do have business postcard that i was leaving to businesses, but if i am not getting the response that i need how should i go about it. Also with the new business I am trying not to take out any loans, so i created a video on indiegogo.com to help raise capital for some of the large equipment that i need to purchase for he business and i am not getting the response that i thought i would be getting. I have reached out to all of my friends and family through facebook, emails, and text messaging asking them to send me business leads and to help spread my indiegogo site. People are always commenting on my business website(http://www.ladarofmi.com) about how nice of a job i have done. Right now i just can't afford to run ads on google, yext, or bing. my website can only be reached by typing it in your main address bar. I need your HELP what else should i do to help bring in business and capital...I need your help what else should i do.
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Below is the link to the video i did to help raise some capital.
Ladar Cleaning Service start up
http://www.indiegogo.com/ladarofmistartup
Ladar Cleaning Service is a woman owned and operated Commercial cleaning services. The purpose of this is to help bring in some capital to buy cleaning equipment.
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[aebe]

Hi,

Nice to see that you start a new business. Some free advertising can be done here. An you already did by placing your link here. I will do it again so it is click-able (http://www.ladarofmi.com)

You can also create banners so you can promote your website for free on http://www.banner2click.com

Create at least 3 banner types: 468x60, 125x125 and a big banner 728x90 pixels

If you can not do that, then you can always ask it on people on website's like http://www.giggerr.com

Place also free ads on website's like :

http://www.craigslist.org
http://www.alladshere.com
http://www.inmytexas.com (If you live in Texas)


Hope this helps a little .... Good luck with your business....

P.S. I also did own a cleaning business in the Netherlands, before I moved to the USA.

[Dr Wright]

You have 2 different questions going on here.
Lets talk about your indiegogo campaign. You need a plan to make crowd funding work. One problem of no response is that your rewards are not anything someone would want. I can buy my own walmart card and If I want or need a walmart card, I can not afford to buy a $20 card for $75. You need to rework your rewards because they do not make sense. Also most people who can afford a commercial cleaner do not even shop at walmart. As you have found out, Indiegogo does not send people to your page, you have to drive that traffic and that means people who are actually interested in what you are doing.

You lack knowledge about how it works to raise money on Indiegogo and need some direction.

I am thinking you also are getting no response because you clearly do not know your customer. Your website is nice but says almost nothing about what you will do for them. You customer does not care that you are woman owned. They care about you doing something specific for them better than the competition. Do not say quality service. It does not mean anything. What would your best client want from you? Lead with that.